Julie Huzzey Joins Cal Polytechnic
Julie Huzzey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, recently accepted a faculty position as Assistant Professor in Animal Behavior within the Animal Science Department at California Polytechnic State University. Cal Poly Animal Science boasts one of the most comprehensive hands-on learning programs in the USA and is known as a leader in undergraduate […]
“Dilemmas in Animal Welfare”
A new book “Dilemmas in Animal Welfare“, co-edited by UBC’s Dan Weary, was recently published by CABI. The book addresses some of the current debates in animal welfare such as tail docking, pet obesity, and neutering of feral cats. Dan has also contributed a chapter entitled “What is suffering in animals?”
Cow Huggers win 1st Prize
The UBC Animal Welfare Program’s team (affectionately called the “Cow Huggers”) won first prize at this year’s prestigious LFS Grad Student Council Quiz Night held earlier this evening.
LFS Students to Represent UBC at U21 Conference
Three APBI Applied Animal Biology students–Katie Mills, Eugenia Kwok and Tiffany Tse–have been selected by UBC as the University’s delegates to the U21 conference.
Undergraduate Students Win at MURC
Four APBI 398 students placed in the top 3 for oral presentations at the 2014 UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference.
“Fish have feelings too”
Recent research from UBC’s Animal Welfare Program has inspired an Editorial in Nature, the world’s leading scientific journal, provocatively entitled “Fish have feelings too.” The Editorial argues for a re-examination of our ethical obligations to the animals we use in research, including fish that are rapidly becoming the most used animals in research laboratories.
Research on Sickness Behaviour Featured in Latest Issue of Progressive Dairyman
Katy Proudfoot and Julie Huzzey, alumni of UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, just published an article in Progressive Dairyman summarizing the Program’s research on understanding the relationship between dairy cattle behavior and health. Katy Proudfoot has recently been appointed as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University College of […]
Pair housing makes for smarter calves
Dairy calves are typically separated from their mothers and housed by themselves for the first 6 to 8 weeks of life. A new study, published by in PLoS One by researchers in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, shows that calves raised individually have a harder time learning compared to calves socially housed with another calf. Calves […]
Fish euthanasia research featured in Nature
Today’s issue of Nature covers recent research by UBC’s Animal Welfare Program, highlighting more humane methods for the killing and anaesthesia of laboratory fish. To learn more see our previous post on this topic.
PhD graduate appointed as BC SPCA Chief Scientific Officer
Sara Dubois recently completed her PhD with UBC’s Animal Welfare Program and has now been appointed as the BC SPCA’s first Chief Scientific Officer. The BC SPCA is the first animal welfare organization in Canada to establish such a position.